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MAC Names Four Falcons As Winter Distinguished Scholar-Athletes
May 07, 2020 | Women's Basketball, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Track and Field
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight winter sports during this past 2019-20 academic season as 77 student-athletes were honored as the 'best of the best' from each sport's All-MAC and Academic All-MAC Teams. The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a sixth-year award given to student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics.
Of those 77 students named as 2019-20 Distinguished Scholar Athletes, four of them are student-athletes from Bowling Green State University. The BGSU women's swimming and diving program -- along with the women's indoor track and field program, and women's basketball program – each placed a student-athletes on the distinguished list.
Talisa Lemke (women's swimming/diving) earned the honor for the third-consecutive year, while Daisy Platts (women's swimming/diving) and Kaila Butler (indoor track & field) are first-time honorees.
Following each season from the winter sports schedule, any student with a 3.20 GPA and participation in at least 50 percent of the contests was automatically named to the previously announced Academic All-MAC Team from each sport. Also, first-year students, junior college transfers and graduate transfers in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.
New for this 2019-20 academic season, the selection for the Distinguished Scholar Athlete included all student-athletes that were recognized as All-MAC selections and Academic All-MAC selections from their respective sport, along with maintaining a 3.50 GPA and above. Previously, a voting process among the MAC Faculty Athletic Representatives determined the selection of the Distinguished Scholar Athletes. MAC membership voted for the change in recognizing the Distinguished Scholar Athletes during the Conference Spring meetings in June of 2019.
A list of Bowling Green State University student-athletes to earn the 2019-20 Winter Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is listed below:
T&F – Kaila Butler, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.666 GPA, Physical Education (Port Coquitlam, B.C.)
S&D – *^Talisa Lemke, Bowling Green, Senior, 4.000 GPA, Theatre (Berlin, Germany)
S&D – Daisy Platts, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.847 GPA, Exercise Science (Leicester, United Kingdom)
WBB – Angela Perry, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.720 GPA, Biology, (Rochester, Ill.)
* 2018-19 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
^ 2017-18 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
~ 2016-17 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
Of those 77 students named as 2019-20 Distinguished Scholar Athletes, four of them are student-athletes from Bowling Green State University. The BGSU women's swimming and diving program -- along with the women's indoor track and field program, and women's basketball program – each placed a student-athletes on the distinguished list.
Talisa Lemke (women's swimming/diving) earned the honor for the third-consecutive year, while Daisy Platts (women's swimming/diving) and Kaila Butler (indoor track & field) are first-time honorees.
Following each season from the winter sports schedule, any student with a 3.20 GPA and participation in at least 50 percent of the contests was automatically named to the previously announced Academic All-MAC Team from each sport. Also, first-year students, junior college transfers and graduate transfers in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.
New for this 2019-20 academic season, the selection for the Distinguished Scholar Athlete included all student-athletes that were recognized as All-MAC selections and Academic All-MAC selections from their respective sport, along with maintaining a 3.50 GPA and above. Previously, a voting process among the MAC Faculty Athletic Representatives determined the selection of the Distinguished Scholar Athletes. MAC membership voted for the change in recognizing the Distinguished Scholar Athletes during the Conference Spring meetings in June of 2019.
A list of Bowling Green State University student-athletes to earn the 2019-20 Winter Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is listed below:
T&F – Kaila Butler, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.666 GPA, Physical Education (Port Coquitlam, B.C.)
S&D – *^Talisa Lemke, Bowling Green, Senior, 4.000 GPA, Theatre (Berlin, Germany)
S&D – Daisy Platts, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.847 GPA, Exercise Science (Leicester, United Kingdom)
WBB – Angela Perry, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.720 GPA, Biology, (Rochester, Ill.)
* 2018-19 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
^ 2017-18 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
~ 2016-17 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
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